21 h. ago Voices: I quit the BBC over Gaza – Glastonbury proves it was the right thing to do

By trying to play things safe with its Kneecap coverage – and getting it very wrong with Bob Vylan – the corporation has failed to represent the reality of public sentiment about Palestine, says its former newsreader Krishma Patel

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25 h. ago Glastonbury proves that I was right to try to reform the BBC: NADINE DORRIES

I have long believed that the BBC is one of the main supporting pillars of socialism in Britain today and that many who work for it are rootedly anti-Semitic.

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3 d. ago Skepta’s surprise Glastonbury set review – British rap’s MVP has matchless mic technique

Other stage Filling in last minute after Deftones pulled out, the Londoner shows he’s still top of his game with a kinetic performance that jumps from garage to grime to Fred Again bangersThe Glastonbury “surprise set” has proved futile this year – anonymous billings for Lorde, Haim and Lewis Capaldi were leaked long before the gates opened. Yet there manages to be a genuine twist in the lineup: grime legend Skepta, as a last-minute replacement for alt-metal band Deftones, who have been forced to cancel due to illness. Skepta happens to be kicking around because last night, at Glade, he performed a DJ set alongside Mochakk from São Paulo and Carlita from Istanbul – an advertisement of his house-techno project Más Tiempo, launched with Jammer in 2023, with regular slots in Ibiza.But he’d not required the full force of his production for Glade, so stepping in for a billing just shy of the headline slot on Glastonbury’s second largest stage, Other, is certainly a challenge. On that, of...

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3 d. ago Pulp's 'Patchwork' set at Glastonbury interrupted during most famous song

Glastonbury Festival fans' predictions proved to be correct as Pulp took to the stage - and at some point during their performance of Common People, the Red Arrows flew past

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3 d. ago Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill during stroke recovery, in new fast

The BBC is resisting reform of the Single Justice Procedure that would mean mitigation letters are always read by prosecutors

Economics

8 d. ago NADINE DORRIES: The most rational and sane member of my family has made a nuclear shelter in her cellar. This is why I don't blame her

Within hours of the US Air Force strike against Iran 's nuclear plants, a message popped on to our family WhatsApp thread from the most rational, sane member of the clan.

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2 w. ago BBC blames magistrates for Single Justice Procedure scandal and opposes key reform

The BBC says it would be ‘impractical’ and ‘inefficient’ to expect prosecutors to monitor the cases it brings through the Single Justice Procedure

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2 w. ago Minister agrees small boats crossings mainly men after Question Time claim

Darren Jones faced criticism after suggesting on the BBC’s Question Time that the majority of small boats crossings are ‘children, babies and women’.

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2 w. ago Question Time audience skewers Reform UK's Zia Yusuf with 'Blackpool comedy act' jibe

Zia Yusuf, who quit as chairman of Reform UK last week, came under fire on Question Time on BBC One on Thursday night when immigration and his party was discussed

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2 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The BBC wants to win over Reform voters... and I've got a sneak preview of the new schedule

BBC director-general Tim Davie and his senior managers, alive to constant and entirely accurate allegations of Left-wing bias, are drawing up plans to win over Reform UK voters.

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3 w. ago Tory WAG Sasha Swire's attack on Sarah Vine is vindictive nonsense. Why didn't she write about the mink

War broke out among the WAGs of Westminster when a woman called Sasha Swire - most readers have never heard of her, I know - launched a petty and vindictive attack on Sarah Vine's new book.

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4 w. ago BBC boss backs licence fee ‘reform’ to secure funding for the broadcaster

The broadcasting chief also said he wanted an investigation into ‘grinding cuts’ over the past decade

Economics

4 w. ago NADINE DORRIES: The inexplicable thing that happens to me every time the anniversary of a loved one's death draws near

June 7 - this coming Saturday - is a poignant date in the life of the Dorries family. It's the day that everything changed. Nothing has been the same since, nor will it ever be again.

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